Main content

21/07/2017

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Norman Smith looks back at a tumultuous few months covering UK politics, listeners react to the week's revelations about Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ salaries, and Clive Anderson has an Open Mic.

As parliament starts the summer recess, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's assistant political editor Norman Smith looks back at a tumultuous few months in Westminster, talking with Roger Bolton about the challenges of working under intense scrutiny and accusations of bias from MPs and on social media.

This week, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ released its annual report, including the names and wage brackets of 96 of its on-air talent who are all paid over 150 thousand pounds a year. Licence fee payers give us their thoughts on presenter pay.

In last week's programme, we discussed listener complaints about an exceptionally graphic story in Bridget Kendall's Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze. To make sense of the discussion, Feedback chose to re-broadcast the clip. Were we right to do so? Listeners share their differing views on the issue.

Finally, Roger continues his series of Open Mic interviews with prominent Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ presenters. This week, he's joined by Clive Anderson of Loose Ends and Unreliable Evidence. Has Clive's notoriously sharp-edged humour mellowed over time?

Producer: Will Yates
A Whistledown production for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ radio 4.

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jul 2017 20:00

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Jul 2017 16:30
  • Sun 23 Jul 2017 20:00

Subscribe to the podcast

Sign up to the Feedback podcast for the latest episodes and past episodes to download.

Podcast